Stanmore railway station, Sydney

Stanmore railway station is a railway station located on the Inner West Line of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia. It serves the inner-western suburb of Stanmore. Stanmore has an average of 5540 weekday commuters.Robins, R. An uphill battle at the busy railway stations. Sydney Morning Herald, July 4–5, 2009.

The Inner West line uses the two southernmost tracks of the six tracks passing through the station. Stanmore has a side platforms and an island platform accessed by a subway, with one face against the Down Suburban track where trains rarely stop.

History

A station opened at Stanmore in 1878. The Main Suburban railway line through Stanmore was quadruplicated in 1892N.S.W. Railway Passenger Services 1880-1905 Australian Railway History, Vol 56, No. 810, April 2005 p141Sydney Electric Trains from 1926-1960, Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, April 2001 p128. The island platform between the 'Down Suburban' and 'Up Local' tracks was the original station house and entrance, this became the current island platform on completion of quadruplication works in 1892.

Platforms and services

The station is served by two to four trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.

Transport links

Sydney Buses runs one route via Stanmore station:

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